Squirt-can



G. A. VIEMEISTEH. sQumT CAN. PPLICATlON FILED DEC. Il'. 197|9.

1,372,053. Pwnwd Mar. 22. 1921.

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esoneri A. vrais/mieren, or nnooKLYN, NEW Yoninnssleivon or cuaresma Tomains N. cArLoW, or Nnwv Yoan, N. Y., AND rnnnn-rounrrrs' rro MINNIE vm-MEISTER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SQUIRT-CAN.

Specification of Letters yatcnt.

`Patented Mar. 22, 1921.

Application filed December 11, 1919. Serial No. 344,217.

To ad fio/om t may concern: i

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. VIEMEIS- run, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in the borough of Brooklyn, county of iings, city andState of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inSquirt-Cans, o-f which the following is a specification, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of the same. i Theobject of my invention is to provide a device to be used in connectionwith or embodied in a squirt can which will catch oil or other liquid.Vtrickling down the outside of the spout, and return the same to thewell, insuring at all times a dry well on the outside free from theliquid which has trickled down the outside of the spout.

The utility of this invention is apparent :inasmuch as itis of commonknowledge that squirt cans often become greasy and leave tracks whereverthey are stood. U'nwittingly it often happens that a person will standan oil can on a piece of cloth or other' f commodity destroying thebeauty of the same, and sometimes the utility thereof, by y uil whichhas accumulated around the outside of the base of the well. It is theobject of my invention to overcome this.

In the drawing which accompanies this specification and in which similarnumerals apply to similar parts throughout,

The drawing is an elevation View of a portion of a squirt can having a.part of the spout broken away to show the working parts of my device.

Referring now in detail to the drawings,

`l represents a spout which may be made of any suitable construction orconto-ur, and 2 represents the well of a squirt can.`

I have shown the s out in two sections, the lowersection of wiich isdesignated as la. I have provided a basin 3 which preferably surroundsthe spout "l, and the wall of the spout constitutes one of the sides ofsaid basin. This basin is provided with port-` holes a which communicatewith a space leading into the well 2. A valve 5 is prowith. ports 6 soas to constitute open com munication between the basin 3 and the well 9.when the can is in nonuse position. The valve 5 is provided with a guide7. This guide operates in an open sleeve 8 mounted 'in brackets 9 in theinner wall of the spout These brackets are provided with openings 10 soas to permit the contents of the can to pass the same. l

At the end of the guide 7, I have provided a weight l1 which 1s made ofsufficient diameter to rest upon the open sleeve S when the can is innon-use position.

A stop l2 preferably annular is provided to limit the downward travel ofthe valve 5.

It will be seen that, with my construction, upon the squirt can beingtilted for the purpose of ejecting contents therefrom, the valve 5 willslide forward so as to close the ports et, of which there may be one orany desired. number, and upon the can being placed in non-use position,the valve will fall back to the position shown in the drawings, openingthe ports 4t. Any liquid which may trickle down the outside of the spoutof the can will find its way into the basin and be drained therefromthrough the ports i and 6 into the well of the can.

The purpose of closing the ports it when the can is in use is to preventliquid being passed through the spout from passing out through the ports4.

I `have illustrated and described what I believe to be the bestembodiment of my invention, but I do not desire to be limited to theforms illustrated, but what I desire to be protected in is set forth inthe appended claims, l

Claims:

l. In a squirt can, a nozzle, a basin connected thereto, drainage meansfor said basin, a 'sliding valve in said nozzle adapted to open andclose said drainage means, a stationary guide mounted in said nozzle, a

valve-guiding rod adapted toslide in said said guide being provided witha central Y guide, said rod having connected thereto the sleeve, avalve-guiding rod adapted to slide 10 aforesaid sliding valve.

in said sleeve, said rod being provided with 2. In a squirt can, anozzle, a basin conthe sliding valve at one end and a weight nectedthereto, drainage means for said at the other end, said valve and weightbebasin, a sliding valve in said nozzle adapting of greater diametersthan the aforesaid ed to open and close said drainage means, a sleeve.

stationary guide mounted in said nozzle, GEORGE A. VIEMEISTER.

